Desperate Zimbabweans cross Zambia border for cheaper healthcare, medicines | Health
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe – At 5pm at the Victoria Falls border post, Margaret Tshuma – who has a 24-hour day pass to be in Zambia…
Asbestos: The toxic mineral endangering millions in India | Health
Asbestos is deadly, but India continues to be the world’s largest importer of the toxic mineral. 101 East investigates. Once used as an insulating material…
The hidden dangers of Zimbabwe’s informal savings clubs | Poverty and Development News
Harare, Zimbabwe – It was two days before Christmas in the low-income neighbourhood of Mabvuku in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare. Music played, people chatted and most…
Remembering the ‘Stronismo’: How ghost of a brutal dictator haunts Paraguay | Politics
Marina Kue, Curuguaty, Paraguay – A lonely dirt road leads to Marina Kue in eastern Paraguay; 2,000 hectares of arable land forever marked as a…
As big pharma exits Nigeria, asthma patients face spiralling costs | Health
Ibadan, Nigeria — When Gloria Mofifoluwa’s friend informed her in March that the price of inhalers had risen in Nigeria, she did not think much…
‘Double attack’: The curse of natural gas and armed groups in Mozambique | Human Rights News
Palma, Mozambique – It was late afternoon and darkness was approaching when Awa Salama* heard pops of gunfire and explosions: The fighters were coming. As…
‘Meloni wants to present Italy as the new European face in Africa’ | Business and Economy News
Bari, Italy – Africa is set to be high on Italy’s agenda this year at the Group of Seven (G7) leaders’ meeting, as Prime Minister…
India’s Modi urged to set ‘ambitious’ economic agenda after poll humbling | Business and Economy News
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaigned on India’s sizeable economic expansion in the lead-up to the country’s recent national…
The Zimbabwean musician bringing the marimba and mbira to township youth | Music
Harare, Zimbabwe – Dzivarasekwa, a nondescript township on the southwestern rims of Zimbabwe’s capital, copies the 1907 template of the first ghetto, Harari (now Mbare):…
US opens up banking to private Cuban businesses to boost small firms | Business and Economy News
The measures allow independent entrepreneurs to open and access US bank accounts online to support their businesses. The United States has lifted some financial restrictions…
Cape Town’s poor ‘neglected’ in South Africa’s only opposition-run province | Elections News
Cape Town, South Africa – In the leafy, picturesque southern suburbs of Cape Town, Dee Lackay, 38, is making a new start after leaving Johannesburg…
‘We were not allowed to serve food to our fathers when we had our period’ | Women’s Rights
"When I was young, a girl who got her first period was scared and frightened," Burkinabe grandmother Marie, 73, tells her daughter, Aminata, and teenage…
Why are Gen Z broke? | Financial Markets
In this episode, we look at why Gen Z around the world are broke and whether they deserve the bad reputation for their lifestyle choices.…
Ivorian cocoa farmers ‘barely survive’ while chocolate company profits soar | Agriculture
Aboude, Ivory Coast – It’s 11am in Aboude, a village in southern Ivory Coast, and Magne Akoua has already been working on his cacao farm…
‘We need you’: Solomon Islands’ support for US agency’s return revealed | Business and Economy
A United States development aid agency whose return to the Solomon Islands has been delayed for years without explanation found “overwhelming support and enthusiasm” for…
‘Triple spending’: Zimbabweans bear cost of changing to new ZiG currency | Business and Economy News
Harare, Zimbabwe – At a shopping centre in Glenview, a busy working-class suburb of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, carpenter Arnold Mutiri stopped to buy a 2-litre…
Thirty years waiting for a house: South Africa’s ‘backyard’ dwellers | Housing
Cape Town, South Africa – In the backyard of a small house in Cape Town’s Mitchells Plain stands a one-room corrugated iron structure. Inside, Cheryl-Ann…
One in 10 Afghan children under five malnourished, 45 percent stunted: UN | Poverty and Development
Roya carefully spoon-feeds her daughter fortified milk in a ward for malnourished children, praying the tiny infant will avoid a condition that stalks one in…
From prisoner to president in 20 days, Senegal’s Diomaye Faye takes office | Elections News
Dakar, Senegal – “Finally, we can breathe,” the cashier at the American Food Store supermarket in Dakar said while swiping a pot of Greek yoghurt…
Senegal’s fishermen pin hopes on new president to help them fill their nets | Poverty and Development
Dakar, Senegal – For the traditional, small-scale fishermen of Ouakam Beach in Senegal’s capital Dakar, inequality is just a glance away. Adama Gueye, a 58-year-old…